Wind-wheel pump-rod connection.



G. L. DIXON.

WIND WHEEL PUMP Non CONNECTION.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. I8. 1915.

.Patented 001.12, 1915.

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GEORGE I. DIXON, OF DRISCOLL, NORTH DAKOTA.

WIND-WHEEL PUMP-ROD CONNECTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patenten oet. 1e, i915..

Application iled January 18, 1915. Serial No. 2,906.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. DIXON, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Driscoll, Burleigh county, North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wind-Wheel Pump-Rod Connections, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to improvements in wind wheel'pitman or pumping connections, and the object of my improvement is to provide an easily operated, convenient detachable fastening-means between the pitman of a wind wheel and a pump-rod or other driven body adapted for manual actuation. This object I have accomplished by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ol the same. Fig. 3 is'a horizontal transverse section of said device, taken on the line a-b of said Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a horizontal transverse section ofvsaid device, taken on the line c-d of said Fig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

My improved connecting device is intended primarily for use in detachably coupling a pump-rod to the pitman-rod of a wind wheel. However, it is obvious that this device may be profitably and conveniently used for detachably connecting together any drive ing and driven bodies where it is desired to impart at times reciprocatory movements from one to the other.

Changes in the dimensions, forms, and materials of the kparts of my device may be made without departing from the principles of or the scope of the protection of my invention.

The numeral 1 denotes the lower eXtreinn ity of a wind-wheel pitman, or any recip rocatory driving rod, and the numeral 2denotes a driven rod located adjacent to and parallel lengthwise to the other rod. The upper end of the rod 2 is mounted slidably in a longitudinal hollow of a rectangular sleeve 3 which latter has an integral projection or flanged part 4 extending from one side over and lying upon the rod 1 and `secured detachably thereto by means of bolts 5 and nuts 6. Upon opposite sides of the .sleeve 3- arev the small.` projecting studs 9.

The numeral 11 denotes a pair of like curved plate springs whose upper ends are oriced to seat them upon the studs 9, the lower parts of the springs depending below the lower end of said sleeve and overlying oppo.V

a by means of 'bolts 12 and nuts 13. The rod 1 is grooved along its side which abuts upon the rod 2, and the flange part 4 ofthe sleeve 3 has a longitudinal slot 7 neXt the sleeve and registering with the said groove. This permits the seating of one of the `bolts 12 in said slot and groove, and the plates 10 may be moved up or down adjustably over the springs 1l to thereby adjust their tension.

The rod 2 has a circular transverse orifice 17 andthe sleeve 14v has in line circular transverse orifices 16 of Aslightly greater diameter and adapted for occasional communication or registration `with the orifice 17 when the sleeve is appropriately moved from the rod. y

The sleeve 14 has an integral lug 19 transversely orificed toreceive a bolt 20, said bolt and a nut 21 serving to ysecure a rock arm 24 with a weight 23 at its outer'end, to said sleeve. Said arm is thus pivotally mounted on the bolt 21 to swing' up and down relaatively to said sleeve and the rod 2, and said arm has pairs of llaterally spaced projections 22 and 25 located "on opposite sides of the sleeve 14 and adanted'to alternately Coact with the lower :tree ends of the springs 11 as will be hereinafter described.

The numeral 15 denotes a pair of pins iiXed within orifices in the lower parts of said springs to have their slopingly diminished adjacent'ends seated within the orifices 16 of the sleeve 14 and also extending' engagingly intothe orifice 17l of the rod 2 when said springs are in their normal posi` tion or not under tension.

The springs 11 have on their inner faces opposite the upper part of the sleeve 14 the small rounded bosses '18. These serve to keep the lower ends of the spring spaced away from said sleeve and also form engag` ing-means for the projections 25 of the lever 24 when ythe parts25 are'inserted between the springs and said. sleeve when the lever 24 is manually elevated' to spread the springs apart' and disengage the pins 15 from the orifice in the rod 2. ln this position of the parts shown in full lines in the figures, said sleeve 14 Works idly over the pump-rod 2.

When it is desired to reciprocate the pump-rod 2, the lever 24C is swung dovvnwardly manually to the position indicated by the dotted lines in said Fig. 1 which causes the Withdrawal of the parts 25 from beneath the springs 11 so that the latter may react to push the pins 15 into the orifice 17 of the pump-rod. At the same time, the more Widely spaced projections 22 of said lever-arm 24 pass over the outer ends of the pins 15 and lock them in their engaged positions With said pump-rod Where they are securely held during the movementof the pitman 1 by means of the gravity of the Weight 23. lt is obvious that one set of said springs 11, pins 15 and projections 22 and 25 may be omitted, leaving the device still operable with the remaining set.

lt is obvious that in the event that the sleeve 11i is in such a location on the pumprod 2, that its orifices 16 are not in communication ivith the oriiice of the rod, that the projections 22 of the lever 24 Will not pass over the outer ends of the pins 15 because the latter are held in their outer position by the interfering rod between them. ln this case, the sleeves 3 and 14e must be moved along the rod 2 to place said orifices in registration, When the Weight of the ball 23 on said lever Will cause the parts 22 to pass over the pins 15 While pushingthe latter into the oriiice 17.

Having described my invention, What l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. ln combination, a movable driving body, a driven body slidably mounted on said driving body, and coperating devices movably connected to said bodies respectively and adaptedto be reversely actuated to either engage them with or disengage them from each other and detachably lock them together While in engagement With each other.

2. ln combination, a movable driving body, a driven body slidably mounted on said driving body, and cooperating devices, one resiliently connected to said driving body and the other movably mounted on said driven body, the latter device adapted to be operated to reversely actuate the former to either engage the driving body With or disengage it from said driven body.

3. In combination, a reciprocatory driving' body, a bracket mounted thereon, a reciprocatory driven body slidably connected thereto, a sleeve movably mounted thereon, said sleeve and driven body having transverse orifices adapted for occasional registration, and coacting devices mounted on said bracket and on said sleeve, the device mounted on the bracket having` engaging-means movable through the orifice of the sleeve into and out of the orifice in the driven body, and the device mounted on said sleeve adapted to actuate the other device reversely to cause its engaging-means to engage or disengage said driven-body.

4:. ln combination, a reciprocatory driving rod, a socket bracketed thereon, a reciprocatory driven rod having one end slidably mounted in said socket, a body slidably seated on said driven rod, both the latter being transversely oriced in line longitudinally, a pin movable through the orifice in said body into the orifice in the driven rod detachably, and means movably mounted on said body to coact with said pin, to move it to engage with or to disengage from said driven body.

5. ln combination, a reciprocatory driving rod, a socket bracketed thereon, a reciprocatory driven rod having one end slidably seated in said socket, a body slidably mounted on said driven rod, both the latter being transversely orificed in line'longitudinally, a pin movable through the orifice in said body into the orifice in the driven rod detachably, ayieldable resilient connection between said pin and said socket, and a device movably mounted on said body and adapted to be operated reversely to engage either one or the other side of' said resilient connection to move said pin into or out of engagement With the Walls of the orifice in said driven rod. i

6. In combination, a reciprocatory rod, a driven rod slidably connected thereto, and a detachable connection between said rods, comprising movable engaging-means mounted on one rod, and shifting-means mounted on the other rod adapted to move said engaging-means reversely to either engage or disengage said driven rod to either secure said driving rod to the driven rod or to disengage it therefrom.

7. ln combination, a reciprocatory driving rod, a bracket on said driving rod provided With an orificed bearing-seat, a reciprocatory driven rod having` one end slidable in said bearing seat, a sleeve mounted slidably on said driven rod, both it and the driven rod being transversely orificed for occasional registration, a pin seated slidably in the orifice in said sleeve and movable through or out of the orifice in the driven body, and a yieldable resilient connection between said pin and said bracket on the driving rod, adapted to yieldingly retain said pin in the orifice of said driven rod to secure the said rods together detachably.

8. In combination, a reciprocatory driving rod, a reciprocatory driven rod, the latter being slidably connected to the former, a sleeve seated slidably on said driven rod, said driven-rod having engaging means, an engaging-device resiliently connected to said driving rod, and means mounted on said sleeve having spaced parts, said means being adapted for operation to engage one or the other of its said parts with the said resiliently supported engaging-device to shift the latter into or out of engagement With the engaging means on the driven rod to secure the driving to the driven rod detachably. Y

9. In combination, a reciprocatory driving rod, a sleeve bracketed on said driving rod, a reciprocatory driven rod slidably seated in said sleeve, a sleeve slidably seated on said driven rod, both the said sleeve and driven rod having transverse orifices located for occasional registration, pins seated slidably in the oriiices of said sleeve, plate springs secured to and depending from opposite sides of said first-mentioned sleeve,

same With said pins to either move and set cure said pins Within the oriiice of the driven rod, or to shift and hold said pins out of engagement With the driven rod.

Signed at Driscoll, VN. Dak., this 2 day of Jany., 1915.

GEORGE L. DIXON.

Witnesses:

P. J. WILLIAMS, G. T. WENDLANDT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington. D. 0. 

